Mode
button (center) turns meter ON and OFF, if required; meter turns on automatically
when strip is inserted and turns off automatically when strip is removed;
forward and back buttons select meter settings and memory recall; yellow
backlight button is on the right hand side of monitor

Touch
the blood drop to the white area at the end of the reactive strip; continue
to touch the blood to the end of the strip until the measurement begins;
filling the strip with blood is not instantaneous